I wish to thank everyone on the forum for helping me build my friends system. the was a little problem with it and it had to be sent back but ncix replace the mobo and the thing works great now. The new problem is that no matter what I do BF2 just does not work. I have tried disabling sli, tried nhancer bf2 profiles, tried only one video card, but bf2 still crashes the computer and restarts it after 10 minutes. windows is fully updated and everother game works great, eg crysis, COD4, all of the new great ones. anyone have any ideas? is he just scr*wed.
Here are his comp specs


Motherboard - ASUS P5N-T Deluxe LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Processor -Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600
Power Supply -PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad (Black) EPS12V 750W Power Supply - Retail
Heatsink - Thermalright Ultra-120 CPU Cooling Heatsink - Retail
Fan For Heatsink - Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm Case Fan - Retail
Thermal paste - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Ram 2 gig - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX - Retail
Ram 2 gig - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX - Retail
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HDD for Storage - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail
DVD - ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA - Retail
OS - Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2C - OEM
Case - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Video card - EVGA E-GEFORCE 9600GT
Video card - EVGA E-GEFORCE 9600GT
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Sounds stupid, but its good to start at the beginning. You've tried reinstalling the game, right?

yes about 5 times with different updates no updates and 3 different display drivers.

sounds like a frustrating situation.. if BF2 were a new game I'd be freaking out if that were happening to me, but luckily it's now old and overplayed, at least for me.

Is the disc corrupt? can u try another disc?

bizarre......

Is there still another machine in the house that you can install the game on? To rule out the damaged disc theory? Other than that, I can't figure out what else could cause that.. very strange.

It works on his old computer. I have also tried a no cd crack just incase the disc was damaged. Also downloaded a copy of the discs off the internet, but still has same problems.

Have you tried with only 2 stciks of ram? Surely you already ran memtest.

yep ran mem test. tryed with only 2 sticks of ran and still same problem.

Try running BF2 in it's own window rather than fullscreen. (example - a 1280x1024 game window on a 1600x1200 monitor)
Does it still crash the PC when you do that?

ill tell my friend to do that. I s there a command to run bf2 in a window or just alt enter?

There maybe a graphics option to select the game resolution 1280x1024 or 1024x768 for example and than an option box to change from full screen to windowed mode.

ok